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Michael Jackson's niece and nephews get reality show

Compiled by Tony Hicks

Contra Costa Times

Posted:
07/14/2014 03:36:02 PM MDT

Michael Jackson's niece and nephews are getting their own reality show.

Jackson? Never heard of him.

But apparently, he was a big enough deal that his family members now have their own six-episode television show on the Reelz network, debuting Nov. 18. The show focuses on Alejandra Jackson, who was married to Michael's brother Jermaine, and her five children -- three of whom were fathered by Jermaine.

After Michael's death in 2009, the family left the Jackson family compound in Encino.

"We didn't want it to happen that way," Alejandra's daughter Genevieve said Saturday at the TV critics' event in Southern California.